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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

рука́

noun, feminine, inanimate
daily used word (top 100)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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arm

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handwriting

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Подними́те руки, если у вас есть вопро́сы. Raise your hand if you have a question.
Ви́дели, как один челове́к рыл зе́млю го́лыми рука́ми. One man was seen digging with his bare hands.
Его руки посине́ли от холода. His hands were blue with cold.
Я обжёг ру́ку утюго́м. I burned my hand with an iron.
Вы́мой руки. Wash your hands.
Я пойма́л её за ру́ку. I caught her by the hand.
После нело́вкой па́узы Билл взял ее за ру́ку и потащи́л наверх. After an awkward pause, Bill took her by the hand and dragged her upstairs.
На скале не бы́ло ни захва́та для рук, ни упо́ра для ног. There were no holds for hand or foot on the rock.
Он пойма́л её ру́ку. He caught her hand.
Я почу́вствовал, что у меня дрожа́т руки. I felt my hands tremble.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	рука́	ру́ки
gen. genitive	руки́	ру́к
dat. dative	руке́	рука́м
acc. accusative	ру́ку	ру́ки
inst. instrumental	руко́й	рука́ми
prep. prepositional	руке́	рука́х